Darshan Kathiriya

Work Experience

Software Engineer

Webisoft, Montreal

Sept 2022 - Nov 2025
  • Led scope and design of a multi-chain gateway with 3 engineers, supporting 8 blockchains generating $1M+ monthly volume.
  • Engineered distributed transaction signing using AWS Nitro Enclaves and KMS to eliminate single points of compromise and to ensure institutional-grade security.
  • Developed a fault-tolerant state recovery system that regenerates live game sessions from blockchain data, maintaining a seamless user experience during network interruptions or browser reloads.
  • Optimized smart contract interactions and gas consumption by designing efficient data structures in Solidity and CosmWasm, reducing transaction costs for end-users and increasing platform adoption.

Full Stack Developer

allNovascotia, Halifax

Mar 2021 - Sept 2022
  • Fixed breaking-news traffic outages by correcting a PHP session bug that unnecessarily created Postgres session rows, removing per-request session-table read/write contention and handling spike traffic without backend stalls.
  • Collaborated with journalists to build a CMS crash-recovery system using draft caching, eliminating data loss and streamlining migration from PHP to Next.js with zero downtime.
  • Automated subscription billing by rebuilding the payment backend to charge cards on customer join dates, integrating compliant, non-interactive processing to eliminate monthly batch uploads and manual outreach while improving on-time collections.

Full Stack Developer

YQG Technologies Inc, Windsor

Sept 2020 - Feb 2021
  • Shipped a telehealth video-calling MVP by integrating Amazon Chime SDK into a React client and building AWS Lambda + DynamoDB meeting/orchestration APIs with appointment-based auth, validating UX and technical feasibility.
  • Helped roll out the Node.js backend to an AWS serverless stack (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB) to improve scalability and reduce operational overhead.

Software Developer

Aarvi Technology

June 2018 - July 2019
  • Implemented a Jenkins-based CI/CD pipeline integrated with GitHub to standardize builds and deployments, improving release consistency and developer workflow.
  • Coordinated closely with QA to triage, fix, and verify critical issues before launch, improving production readiness.
  • Worked with real estate agencies to refine workflows and product requirements for a residency management system, improving platform usability and lead-generation outcomes.

Software Developer Intern

Narola Infotech

Dec 2017 - May 2018
  • Migrated from PHP server-side rendering to a REST API for web and mobile applications.
  • Integrated payment and delivery services into the Textile ERP using third-party APIs, improving order completion and fulfillment flow.

Skills

Development:

Typescript, Rust, Node.js, React.js, Next.js, GraphQL

DevOps:

Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, Terraform, Google Cloud, AWS

Education

Master of Applied Computer Science

Dalhousie University, Halifax

Sept 2019 - Dec 2020

Bachelor of Technology of Information Technology

Dharmsinh Desai University, India

Aug 2014 - May 2018